Friday, November 1, 2013

Oh my has it been a busy couple of months! I started designing a new quilt on our vacation back in August. I am a beginner quilter and really wanted to design a challenge quilt that would be a skill builder. While I was sketching and trying to come up with some ideas I drove by this lovely building in Princeton, NJ.

Sorry for the poor photo. We were driving and I apparently didn't even roll down the window to take it.

The building inspired some sketches that I was very excited about. I incorporated several techniques I have never used before. Anyhow, I was given the amazing opportunity to team up with Andover Fabrics and the wonderful Alison Glass on a quilt project and I chose to go forward with this design.

And as if this wasn't exciting enough...these are the fabrics I was lucky enough to work with!

I had never designed a quilt that has so many things going on. I have made 10 quilts (now 11), seven of which were patchwork and the others were either log cabin or some variation of that...so basically squares and rectangles. I really needed to branch out. My quilting was getting stale. This was the ultimate challenge piece for me. It felt like it took forever but was worth every moment! I couldn't be more please with the outcome. I quilted it with straight, close lines that reflected the feather like angles on the front of the quilt (okay, not so straight lines but I tried).

I just love how vibrant the colors are! I used Andover Fabrics Chambray in Natural to pull everything together. I love the Chambray as well...so soft!

So off to Quilt Market it went...without me (so rude of it! I heard it had a great time too). But really I am so honored and grateful for the opportunity I've been given. To have one of my quilts displayed at Market is so crazy! And even more fun was using the Clover Sunshine collection.

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Hello! I'm Jamie and I've created this space to share my experiences in sewing, crafting and mommying. I love looking for and finding inspiration in others and I hope to share those ideas that inspire me with you.